Firm

Brook Lane Capital (Brook Lane) is a full-scope Alternative Investment Fund Manager, authorised and regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC).

Brook Lane brings together experience across investment disciplines, from real estate to special situations and credit strategies, in order to deliver best-in-class, risk-adjusted returns for our investors.

Firm

Brook Lane Capital (Brook Lane) is a full-scope Alternative Investment Fund Manager, authorised and regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC).

Brook Lane brings together experience across investment disciplines, from real estate to special situations and credit strategies, in order to deliver best-in-class, risk-adjusted returns for our investors.

Strategies

Brook Lane employs a multi-strategy value creation approach to real estate, from the less intensive – improving existing operations, leasing, and renovations – to more intensive activity such as distressed portfolio acquisitions, major repositioning, change of use and new developments.

Brook Lane seeks to acquire NPL portfolios from banks as well as in the secondary market. The credit strategy expands to primary transactions providing capital to catalyse NPL resolutions or to support companies return to growth through high yielding instruments.

Brook Lane pursues idiosyncratic investment opportunities providing flexible capital solutions helping to unlock value in complex situations.

Brook Lane is active in the refurbishment, repositioning and/or development of hotel assets in either a growth or distressed context.

Board of Directors

Aziz Francis

Head of Portfolio Management & Executive Director

Aziz is the Executive Director and Head of Portfolio Management at Brook Lane Capital. 

He focuses on investments in the real estate and credit sectors in Europe. Prior to Brook Lane , Aziz was a Partner at Spinnaker Capital, a member of the global bottom-up investment committee and led investments in EMEA. Aziz started his career at Morgan Stanley Principal Investments Group in London. 

Aziz is a graduate of Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Paris with a Grande Ecole Diploma. He also holds a degree in Law from Saint Joseph University and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Accounting from the Lebanese American University in Beirut.

Andreas Koukos

Head of Risk Management & Executive Director

Andreas is an Executive Director and Head of Risk Management at Brook Lane.

Prior to joining Brook Lane, Andreas served as Vice President of Fund Operations and Fund Control at Ares Management, United Kingdom. Andreas was previously a Fund Accountant at Doughty Hanson and trained at PwC London in the Investment Management Assurance division.

Andreas holds a BSc (Joint Hons) degree in Biochemistry with Management from Imperial College London, United Kingdom and holds the CySEC Advanced certification. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds the ICAEW Audit Qualification (AQ) and a Member of the Association of Certified Public Accountants in Cyprus.

Polydoros Michaelides

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Polydoros Michaelides brings on board 30+ years of experience in corporate compliance and finance matters.

He was formerly the General Manager Business Development & Corporate Affairs of CNP Cyprus Insurance Holdings Limited and the Group Compliance/AML Manager of CNP in Cyprus & Greece.

Prior to that he was the General Manager of CNP Cyprialife Ltd for ten years and CFO for nine years and member of the board of several insurance companies. Mr Michaelides before joining the insurance industry, worked as a professional auditor for seventeen years in the UK and he was a senior audit manager in EY Cyprus. He served as a member of several board committees as well as board member and chairman of LIMRA Europe and of the Insurance Association of Cyprus.

Mr Michaelides is a qualified Chartered Accountant (FCA) and graduated in business studies in London. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Member of the Association of Certified Public Accountants in Cyprus. He has also served as a Member of the Regulatory Committee of the Association of Certified Public Accountants in Cyprus.

Charalambos Kouzalis, FCA

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Charalambos Kouzalis is a highly experienced Chartered Accountant with over 40 years in the accounting and banking industries.

He has founded Kouzalis & Co Ltd, an accounting, auditing, taxation and business consulting firm, and Global Audit KK Ltd, a fiduciary services firm. Previously he held key positions at Arab Bank plc, including Internal Auditor, Branch Manager, Chief Accountant and Credit & Marketing Manager, gaining extensive expertise in banking operations, credit and financial management.

Mr. Kouzalis is a practicing Certified Public Accountant and Registered Auditor.   He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (FCA) and a Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus. Additionally, he is a licensed Insolvency Consultant.

Fanie Leontiades

Legal, ΑML Compliance Officer and Head of Regulatory Compliance

Fanie joined Brook Lane as a Legal, Regulatory Compliance and AML Officer.

Previously, she worked at the Regulatory Risk Advisory department of Deloitte Ltd, in Cyprus where she provided risk advisory and regulatory compliance services to Investment Funds, Investment Firms, banks and other organizations.

Prior to joining Deloitte, she worked as a lawyer at Stelios Americanos & Co LLC specialising on matters pertaining to investment regulation and compliance.

Fanie holds an LL.B degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is a qualified lawyer and a member of the Cyprus Bar Association. She is also holder of the Advanced Certification by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission and holder of the AML Certificate.

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